FLASH: Load Movie help

[Dave Hollinden]

Hello,


I've got a few questions about using Load Movie.  


We will be handing off multiple packages of content that all share the same

format, which is a standard Intro with a menu to choose parts A and/or B of

each package.  Here's how it should work:


Clicking a link on the client's site causes the Intro to play, and it ends

with a menu where you choose to play  1A or  1B.  Clicking the next link on

the client's site causes the same Intro to play, with a menu where you

choose to see 2A or 2B.  Next link, same Intro,  choose 3A or 3B.......


Question 1:  The Intro is the same in each package and I would like it to

play from cache after the first time it's downloaded, so I assume I should

make it a separate SWF and use LoadMovie.  I know that my browser checks to

see if a page is in cache before it starts downloading.  Does a LoadMovie

command in an SWF also cause the browser to check the cache before it

starts to download an SWF?


Question 2:  Since the user can choose either part A or B from the menu,

and they are both long downloads, I assume I should also make them separate

SWF's so that they can load in the order that the user chooses them.  But

since the user may spend a long time on the menu in the Intro, I want to

start preloading part A (it's the most likely choice).  So if I LoadMovieA

while the user is looking at the menu, and then they choose B instead and a

LoadMovieB action executes, will A stop loading?  Or will it continue to

load and I need to do something to make it stop?  Is this a good strategy?


Question 3:  In general, if I have content on my Level0 timeline and issue

a LoadMovie Level1 in the middle of that content, does the content on

Level0 continue to load and share the available bandwidth with the new

movie loading on Level1, or does it stop until Level1 finishes, or

something else?


Thanks fro the help,


Dave

Dave Hollinden

Audio Engineer

Jet City Studios, Seattle

dhollindenjetcitystudios [dot] com (mailto:dhollindenjetcitystudios [dot] com)

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